/usr/share/doc/libpam-runtime/NEWS.Debian.gz

pam (1.1.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
* Name of option for minimum Unix password length has changed
The Debian-specific 'min=n' option to pam_unix for specifying minimum
lengths for new passwords has been replaced by a new upstream option
called 'minlen=n'. If you are using 'min=n' in
/etc/pam.d/common-password, this will be migrated to the new option name
for you on upgrade
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/usr/share/man/man5/pam.conf.5.gz

PAM.CONF(5) Linux-PAM Manual PAM.CONF(5)
NAME
pam.conf, pam.d - PAM configuration files
DESCRIPTION
When a PAM aware privilege granting application is started,
it activates its attachment to the PAM-API. This activation
performs a number of tasks, the most important being the
reading of the configuration file(s): /etc/pam.conf.
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/usr/share/man/man7/PAM.7.gz

PAM(7) Linux-PAM Manual PAM(7)
NAME
PAM, pam - Pluggable Authentication Modules for Linux
DESCRIPTION
This manual is intended to offer a quick introduction to
Linux-PAM. For more information the reader is directed to the
Linux-PAM system administrators' guide.
Linux-PAM is a system of libraries that handle the
aut
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